RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina reached its Medicaid expansion enrollment goal of 600,000 people just over a year since the program rolled out. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper called the enrollment numbers a “monumental achievement” that is “life-changing” for people in need of health insurance. Medicaid expansion received bipartisan support in its passage through the
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Jay-Z’s lawyer Alex Spiro told reporters in New York on Monday that allegations from a woman who has accused the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting her with Sean “Diddy” Combs back in 2000 are untrue. “This is all a fantasy,” Spiro told reporters, including CNN,
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump had not been terribly successful in suing media organizations until this weekend when ABC News agreed to settle a closely-watched defamation case he brought against the network to the tune of $16 million. Now, Trump is expanding his threats of legal action against the
Continue ReadingBy Leanne Suter Click here for updates on this story MALIBU, California (KABC) — Dick Van Dyke has a lot to be grateful after celebrating his 99th birthday on Friday. The legendary actor was among the thousands of people forced to flee after the Franklin Fire in Malibu threatened his home. Fortunately, he was able
Continue ReadingKABC By Leanne Suter Click here for updates on this story MALIBU, California (KABC) — Dick Van Dyke has a lot to be grateful after celebrating his 99th birthday on Friday. The legendary actor was among the thousands of people forced to flee after the Franklin Fire in Malibu threatened his home. Fortunately, he was
Continue ReadingPor Abeer Salman y Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Un abuelo palestino de Gaza cuyo homenaje a su nieta fallecida se hizo viral el año pasado murió este lunes por fuego israelí, según informaron su familia y un hospital. Khaled Nabhan atrajo la atención mundial en un video ampliamente compartido en las redes sociales de su momento
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Hari Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A man is in jail after a cafe worker in San Francisco’s Mission District took him to the ground when he attempted to rob a customer. It happened early Friday morning at Carlin’s Cafe in the Mission District and some are
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Grant DuBose remained in the hospital but had movement in all extremities after being stretchered off the field following a scary helmet-to-helmet hit against the Houston Texans on Sunday. In an update Monday morning, the Dolphins said DuBose remained at a local Houston
Continue ReadingAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a National Guard soldier with murder in a shooting that triggered a weekend lockdown at a Georgia military base. Court records show 25-year-old Natravien Landry made an initial court appearance Monday before a federal magistrate judge in Augusta. He’s charged with killing another man Saturday morning at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for running a business to help pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who would automatically have American citizenship. U.S. authorities had sought a more than five-year prison term for Michael Wei
Continue ReadingBy Liz Crawford, Scott Jacobson Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, New Jersey (KYW) — Friends and family gathered in Burlington, New Jersey, Sunday to honor the community’s beloved crossing guard. Earlier this month, Bruce Morlack died after he was hit by a car while helping two students cross the road. Now, he’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drone-detecting devices deployed in New Jersey in the past week have found “little to no evidence” of anything nefarious or threatening, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday as calls grew for action to address the mysterious nighttime sightings of suspected unmanned flights across the northeastern U.S. Murphy told reporters in
Continue ReadingATHENS, N.Y. (AP) — Efforts to save an imperiled 150-year-old lighthouse in New York are getting a boost with federal officials announcing new funding to study ways to protect the structure. New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is funding a study on how to restore the Hudson-Athens
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is making an all-out push in the waning days of the Biden administration that she believes could bolster reproductive rights, calling on the president to certify the Equal Rights Amendment and enshrine its protections into the Constitution. The move, the New York Democrat wrote
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Redmond Police Department (RPD) is asking for the public’s help in locating two suspects wanted in connection with a series of thefts from vehicles and packages in the area. Since late November, RPD has received approximately 32 reports of thefts, mostly occurring west of 21st Street and both north and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is changing how it counts international migration in its annual population estimates. Officials said Monday that the bureau will add a large share of humanitarian immigrants to its calculations to better reflect the influx of refugees to the United States this decade. The change will be incorporated into 2024
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it. Lawyers for the company and China-based ByteDance urged the justices to step
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Should underage gambling no longer be a crime? New Jersey lawmakers are considering changing the law to make gambling by people under age 21 no longer punishable under criminal law. Instead, the proposal would impose fines ranging between $500 and $2,000. The money would be used for prevention, education,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s red-hot internet gambling market continued to smash records in November, even as revenue inside physical casinos continued to lag behind pre-pandemic levels at six of Atlantic City’s nine casinos. State gambling regulators say internet gambling brought in $214 million in November, narrowly eclipsing the previous record
Continue ReadingHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut has become the latest state to begin notifying its eligible citizens that some or all of their medical debt will soon be paid off. State officials announced Monday that nearly 23,000 residents with debt totaling $30 million are expected to be informed by mail beginning Dec. 23. Connecticut has been
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